Did you live in Bluffton all of your life? When did you graduate from BHS? Did you go to Bluffton college or somewhere else? Did you and your sister go to the same place or deliberately separate at that point?
While Ashley Siferd, a junior at Cory-Rawson High School, has recently started up her own business, called Old Homestead Soaps and Lotions, selling goat milk soap and lotion she has been around goats her entire life.
"My family has had goats since my brother was four," she said. "I was born into the goats. We had a farm tour for Hancock County and we had to have activities for it and that's when we started making stuff."
I know you're from Livonia, MI. That's a much different city than Bluffton, isn't it? Tell me about your childhood, growing up "up north", etc. What kind of kid were you?
"Up north," that's Traverse City or Marquette, to me! Livonia is the suburbs, but I had a passion for horses and was lucky to ride English for six years through the Girl Scouts.
Breanna Hamilton, 18, and a senior at Bluffton High School, is the BHS November student of the month.
She carries a 4.0 grade point average, is active in Math Club, the Math Team, Art Club, Latin Club, SADD and is on the Renaissance Committee. As a junior she was class president.
Beth Boehr-Miller of Bluffton, recently earned the designation of Certified Financial Counselor from internationally-known financial expert and author, Dave Ramsey of the Lampo Group, Inc. after completing an intensive training program at the Dave Ramsey Headquarters in Brentwood, Tennessee.
The Dave Ramsey Certified Financial Counselor training program involves training professionals from around the nation to teach and care for Financial Peace University members and The Dave Ramsey Show listeners; as well as those looking for information on their personal finances.
Mennonite Memorial Home had some great volunteers from the Bluffton Universityvolleyball team on Nov. 30, according to Mary Ann Ring.
"For the third year in a row, Coach Steve Yarnell's team has given an evening to decorating several areas of MMH. The team assembled, strung lights and decorated four trees," said Ring
"They also decorated several dining rooms and hung yards and yards of garland. Their help is invaluable in getting MMH in the holiday spirit," according to Ring.
